Growing

Question 1

neurocognitive disorder

Answer 1

Acquired disorders marked by cognitive deficits. Results in erosion of mental abilities that are not typical normal aging

Question 2

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 2

Marked by neural plaques, leads to a progressive decline in memory & other cognitive abilities

Question 3

What happens to our telomeres as we age?

Answer 3

Telomere length shortens with age.

Question 4

Older Adult

Answer 4

(65+), Score lower on tests of reasoning, spatial ability, and complex problem-solving, Longer to retrieve words, names, dates, etc., Processing speed slows

Question 5

Middle years or Adulthood

Answer 5

(35 – 65), Prime of Life, Menopause, and the Climacteric

Question 6

Emerging Adulthood

Answer 6

(18 – 25)

Question 7

Authoritative parents

Answer 7

confronting, They are demanding and responsive. They exert control by setting rules but, especially with older children, encourage open discussion and allow exceptions.

Question 8

Negligent parents

Answer 8

uninvolved; they are neither demanding nor responsive. These careless and inattentive parents do not seek a close relationship with their children

Question 9

Permissive parents

Answer 9

unrestraining, They make few demands, set few limits, and use little punishment.

Question 10

Authoritarian parents

Answer 10

coercive, They impose rules and expect obedience.

Question 11

Difficult Temperament

Answer 11

Irritable, intense, and unpredictable

Question 12

Easy Temperament

Answer 12

Cheerful, relaxed, and feeding and sleeping on predictable schedules

Question 13

Disorganized/Disoriented attachment

Answer 13

5-10% of North American infants, Pattern of greatest insecurity

Question 14

Anxious/Ambivalent (Resistant) attachment

Answer 14

10-15% of North American infants, Seeks closeness to parents and fails to explore before separation

Question 15

Avoidant attachment

Answer 15

20% of North American infants, Engage in exploration with minimal affect

Question 16

Secure attachment

Answer 16

65% of North American infants, Use parent as secure base, Easily engaged in exploration in caregiver’s presence

Question 17

How is each infant attachment pattern theorized to develop?

Answer 17

primary caregivers who are available and responsive to an infant’s needs allow the child to develop a sense of security.

Question 18

Formal Operational Period

Answer 18

(11 years & up)Begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems

Question 19

Concrete Operational Period

Answer 19

(7-11 years) becomes more logical and organized, CONSERVATION

Question 20

Preoperational Period

Answer 20

(2-7 years), EGOCENTRIC